Review: 2015-01-03, disappointing fight between Nate Marquardt and Brad Tavares: it gets two stars. The black belt in Bjj and former Strikeforce Ww champion Nate Marquardt entered this fight with a mma record of 33-13-2 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 middleweight in the world, he suffered three consecutive defeats in 2013, the last one against Hector Lombard (=Lombard vs Marquardt), but then he came back to win last year beating James Te Huna in his only fight of 2014 (=Te Huna vs Marquardt).
His opponent, Brad Tavares, has an official record of 12-3-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive defeats: against Yoel Romero (=Tavares vs Romero) and Tim Boetsch (=Boetsch vs Tavares). Marquardt vs Tavares is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier – UFC 182. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier
Date: 2015-01-03
Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg)
UFC 182 fight card (main and best fights):
Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier
Donald Cerrone vs Myles Jury
Brad Tavares vs Nate Marquardt
Kyoji Horiguchi vs Louis Gaudinot
Hector Lombard vs Josh Burkman
Preliminary
Danny Castillo vs Paul Felder
Marquardt’s previous fight: James Te Huna vs Nate Marquardt
Tavares’ previous fight: Tim Boetsch vs Brad Tavares
Tavares’ next fight: Brad Tavares vs Robert Whittaker
Marquardt’s next fight: Kelvin Gastelum vs Nate Marquardt
Video:
OFFICIAL VIDEO
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(Free embeddable highlights video hosted on Youtube)
